Naps' first sig!

what it issssssss.
so last night i had this great idea to learn a bit more about photoshop.
and i watched a tutorial about sigs and so after it i tried one of my own with a few techniques shown in the tut.

here goes nothing, could you give me some advice on how to improve, eventhough youve only got 1 image to judge for now =]

I have some advices for you but everyone has his own style :)
~ Tutorials are great to improve. Even if you learn only a single thing you can use it anytime tutorials
~ Try to integrate the render a bit more in the background and set a focus. (As an example you can darken the rest a little bit)
~ I personally wouldn't use a render with a low quality. Look for render with a high resolution. Then you can play with the size without worrying about the outcome ^^
~ You can use brushes and stocks (other pictures you can use for effects or background) - later C4D when you have a bit more practice.
~ practice, practice, practice :)
~ Some sigs look better with a border.

Congratulations on your first sig, you're on your way to become a full fledged artist. \o/
I'm not that good at Photoshop at all, and Aery basically said all you need to know.

Just a few points:
- Try to use some blurring and smudging to blend your render more into the background.
- Perhaps it's just me, but I'm not a real fan of placing the render completely on the right/left side, but that's just me....(different style perhaps ^^)

That being said....It's really well done for the first time, keep practicing. \o/

Ah first of all I'm sorry if what I say sounds a bit harsh but I don't intend to be mean o.o" wah I'm so sorry >.<

Imo this render is perfectly fine for a picture of this size but it's difficult for a sig.
Try to avoid showing the whole body in a signature cause it's almost always too big for it.
Look for an interesting part like a face, a smile, eyes or a whole body part etc. and focus on it.

I marked some parts you can improve (just in my opinion)

First the brush on the right side: You have a direction in your sig from the bottom left corner to the right upper corner, so why this brush brakes ranks?
There's such a pretty flow in your sig ^^
In addition you have to beware of visible borders (two circles). Try to smudge or hide it.
I don't know how the original render looks like but the light is too hard for me. The white colour of her face is very hard and makes her really pale.
If you want to lighten something use a soft brush with a softer colour than white.
But I like how you used the diffuser scrim combined with the other brushes to create motion.

indeed i had a nice point and flow from down left to (upper) right, but somehow i imagined down in the left corner there would be this lightsource, so i kind of made some lasers on the left side trying to go in depth.

Your sigs get better but they are still quite chaotic.
The second one is slightly better than the one in black and white.
You tried to highlight the eyes but the other effects are very distracting.
Sometimes less is more ^^
Try to make the effects a little more inobstrusive like they belong in this picture and aren't crying "Here I am Look at me Look Look!"

yeah i understand what you mean, i didnt quite know how to properly implement c4d's without disturbing the colour of the whole sig.
Also i often feel like i need to fill up the whole space ive got, ill try to hold back a bit hehe